{"id":9270,"date":"2011-01-21T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=9270"},"modified":"2011-01-21T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T19:27:08","slug":"foot-fetish-vintage-famolare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/foot-fetish-vintage-famolare\/","title":{"rendered":"Foot Fetish: Vintage Famolare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve developed a strange desire for a pair of 1970s <a href=\"http:\/\/vintagefashionguild.org\/fashion-history\/joe-famolare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Famolare<\/a> shoes with wavy, rubber soles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9271\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swankvintage.com\/4362.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9271  \" title=\"famolare1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare1.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Famolare Be-Hi style in size 9. $125 at Swank Vintage. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I never had a pair in the &#8217;70s &#8212; or even wanted them at that age &#8212; but I remember tagging along with my mother while she shopped for shoes. I remember the smell of the rubber Famolare soles. Perhaps that smell is the equivalent of Proust&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In_Search_of_Lost_Time\" target=\"_blank\">madeleine<\/a> for me. One sniff, and I&#8217;ll be carried away by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Involuntary_memory\" target=\"_blank\">memory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9272\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/Vintage-70s-FAMOLARE-Hi-Up-sandal-shoe-7-7-5-MINT-\/290525009052?pt=US_Women_s_Shoes&amp;hash=item43a4a3d49c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9272\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9272 \" title=\"famolare2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare2.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare2-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Size 7 - 7.5 Hi-Up style, available on eBay.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As it is, I&#8217;m pretty sure I got a Famolare sticker with the bicycle logo when Mom made a purchase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9273\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldcountrygirls.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/do-you-remember-famolare.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9273\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9273\" title=\"Famolarelogo\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Famolarelogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Famolarelogo.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Famolarelogo-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Gold Country Girls. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If I were a size 9, I&#8217;d get this orthopedic-looking pair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9274\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/Vintage-Sz-9M-Leather-Famolare-Wave-sole-Platform-shoe-\/140503519733?pt=US_Women_s_Shoes&amp;hash=item20b6a991f5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9274\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9274\" title=\"famolare3\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolare3-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Available on eBay. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The waves in the sole are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.famolare.com\/howtheywork\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">supposed to make the shoes extra-comfortable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9275\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/65914898\/vintage-70s-famolare-italian-platform?ref=sr_gallery_3&amp;ga_search_query=famolare&amp;ga_search_type=vintage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9275\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9275\" title=\"famolareboots\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolareboots-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolareboots-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolareboots-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/famolareboots.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Famolare boots on Etsy. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The company still makes shoes, but I only want a vintage pair. A new  pair wouldn&#8217;t have the same nostalgic effect on me. It would be like  eating an Oreo instead of a madeleine.<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve developed a strange desire for a pair of 1970s Famolare shoes with wavy, rubber soles. I never had a pair in the &#8217;70s &#8212; or even wanted them at that age &#8212; but I remember tagging along with my mother while she shopped for shoes. I remember the smell of the rubber Famolare soles&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/foot-fetish-vintage-famolare\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[513,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foot-fetish","category-shoes","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9276,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9270\/revisions\/9276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}